Garment-supporter.



(UNITED. STATES I ATIsNTy OFFICE.

HARRY .IO'HN CORPER,V OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' 'GAnMENT-SUPPORTER.

- No. 800.361 l.

Specicat'ion of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. v26, 1905.

Application led December 29, 1904. B01-inl No. 238.84I.

- To all whom 1S/may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY JOHN CORPER, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinols, have invented certain new` land useful Improvements ,inl Garment-Supporters; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of t einvention, such as `will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make andl use the same.'

My invention relatesk to a supporting de- A vice for garments; and `it consists vof certain novel features, as' will be hereinafter clearly l set forth, reference being had to the accomthe necessity of wearing the undergarment undul tight at the waistband, thus attaining more eedom and comfort.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafterclearly set forth. i v

Refer g to the drawings, Figure 1 shows i my invention as applied to use. Fig. 2 shows the outer side of my garment securing and supporting device. Fig. 3 shows a'longitudinal section of my securing device and a contiguous part of the waistband ofithe trousers and the waistband of the underdrawers. Fig. 4 shows the inner side of my securing device. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewof my'devlce separated from'the garments with which it is designed to coperate. g n

My invention consists, essentiall of a single piece o f suitable sheet meta 4pro erly shaped and preferably having the sliglltlyrounded ends. The'sheet-metal plate thus or otherwise provided is bent u on itself to form the body ortion or centra part 1, the outer downwar ly-extendin member 2, and the 'inner u yw'ardly-exten ing vsection or member k3, t ereb disposing the metallic plate sothat it willrpresent substantially an S form. The extreme ends .of each of the members 2 and 3 are preferably bent or curved y slightly outward, so as to more readily enter a contiguous part of the garment to be engaged, and in order to hold the portions of the garments engaged by my securing device I form in each of the members 2 and 3 the integral inwardly-directed barb-like lips 4, the

llipscarried by the member 2 being directed upward, whiley the lip or lips carried by the.

member 3 will be directed downward, the object of said lips being to prevent a casual withdrawal of the arment or ortion of the garment engaged y the-mem ers 2 and 3,

though permitting the same to be withdrawn by the application o f a little force without the slightest scratching of a conti uous art of the garment, inasmuch as the e ges o the lips 4, as will be observed, are pro erly rounde and left smooth, so as to avoi p all possible As will be observed by reference to Fig. 1, the lip 2 is disposed upon the louter s ide of the waistband of the trousers, as indicated by the numeral 5, thus disposin the member or body ortion 1 immediate upon thel `inner side o the waistband-and eavin the member 3 directed upward as a hook, w ereby the lstrap 6 commonly provided upon the waistband of thev undergarments 7 may be hooked over the member 3, when it will drop down under the inwardly-'directed lip 4, which latter will hold the band from casual vupward movement, though permitting said band' to be removed therefrom by proper manipulation, as will be obvious. This strap 6 is of less thickness than the distance between the body portion l-and-the barbs or and will assume a. position under the lips or barbs 4 from which it cannot be casually raised without contacting with said barbs, which serve to prevent accidental displacement of the strap.

It will be seen that I have provided a simple though reliably-eflicient device of the character specified which will be found useful for the special-purpose herein set forth and for other uses, as for connecting a la ys waist and skirt together. The supporter is of uniform width, so that no pro'ecting shoulders are formed upon which clothing might catch or become torn or otherwise injured, and the entire device is therefore rendered extremely small without losing any of its efiiciency.

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My invention may be very cheaply manufactured, inasmuch as it may be readily formed from a small piece of suitable sheet substitutes as may be regarded as fairly falling within the scope of my invention.

Believing that the advantages of my invention have thus been clearly set forth, further description is deemed unnecessary.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ish4 As a new article of manufacture a securing devicefor garments formed from a straight strip of flat sheet metal bent upon itself to form a straight intermediate portion and oppositely-arranged similar end ortions which overlap the intermediate portion and extend longitudinally thereof, the free ends of said end portions being curved Outward and 

